Rising from the Waters--Manhattan and its Skyscrapers

Document-Based Framing Questions:

• What were some of the challenges and difficulties associated with the construction of the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building?
• What is the irony associated with the construction of these two buildings?
• How are the buildings a metaphor for the economic development of New York City and a sign of faith in its future?

Skyscrapers & Midtown Development:
Midtown Zone is Big Business Area.pdf
Millions of Feet of Office Space Added.pdf
New Peaks in Tall Manahattans Range.pdf
New York City Spent 836990109 for New.pdf
New York Possesses 50 Percent of Skyscrapers.pdf
Not Quite Topless Towers.pdf
The Miracle of Mounting Skyscrapers.pdf
Trade Area Grows in Mid Manhattan.pdf
"History of New York City Zoning," City of New York Website.
http://archives.cbc.ca/society/education/clips/6895/

The Empire State Building:
Huge Empire State Opens This Week.pdf
Smith Lays Stone for Tallest Tower.pdf
Smith Skyscraper Has a Novel Design.pdf
Tallest Tower Built in Less than a Year.pdf
Throngs Inspect Tallest Building.pdf
"Building of the Empire State, The Skyscraper Museum, 1 October 1998 -- 1 September 1999" from Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, vol. 59 no. 2 (June 2000), pp. 237-240.
http://www.jstor.org.memex.lehman.cuny.edu:2048/sici?sici=0037-9808(2000)59:2%3C237:BTES%3E2.0.CO;2-

The Chrysler Building:
Another Skyscraper for the Grand Central Zone.pdf
Chrysler Building 809 Feet in Height.pdf
Chrysler Building Escapes City Taxes.pdf
Chrysler Building Now Tallest Edifice.pdf
Chrysler Building Opens.pdf
Chrysler Plans 68 Story Building in Midtown.pdf
Cooper Union Tax Opens Big Question.pdf
"Chrysler Building: Piercing the Sky"
http://books.google.com/books?id=l4FvE5O_5yIC&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=Chrysler+Building:+Piercing+the+Sky&source=web&ots=TGBpMmurb8&sig=OSGKtG3Ab2LKWr25SxyeOXN283U&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=7&ct=result
"The Chrysler Building," (www.salon.com)
http://dir.salon.com/story/ent/masterpiece/2002/02/25/chrysler/index.html
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Engineering PowerPoint Presentation
chryslerbuilding.ppt